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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hampstead 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]

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Table: HOUSES IN CLEARANCE AREAS AND UNFIT HOUSES ELSEWHERE

HOUSES IN CLEARANCE AREAS AND UNFIT HOUSES ELSEWHERE

Houses Demolished
Clearance Areas, Housing Act, 1957Nil
Not in Clearance Areas31
Unfit Houses Closed
Under Sections 16, 17 and 35, Housing Act, 19574
Persons displaced11
Families displaced6
Parts of Buildings closed (Section 18)4
Persons displaced11
Families displaced6

Table: Unfit Houses made fit and Houses in which Defects were Remedied

Unfit Houses made fit and Houses in which Defects were Remedied

By OwnerBy Local Authority
After informal action by local authority514Nil
After formal notice: Public Health Acts105Nil
Housing Act, 1957202
Under Section 24, Housing ActNilNil

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No action was taken under Sections 17, 34, 46, 48 and 53
of the Housing Act regarding Unfit Houses in Temporary Use. No
houses in Clearance Areas were purchased by agreement.

Table: OVERCROWDING

OVERCROWDING

DwellingsFamiliesAdultsChildren
On register 31.12.61243243622435
New cases 1962434314298
286286764533
Rehoused 196218185433
On register 31.12.62268268710500